Unison Songs for Bands

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This book has multiple uses: ◆ It can be used as a supplementary book to any band method.

◆ It can be used as a beginning band method. No fingering charts or fingerings are included, as these are intended to be provided by the teacher.

◆ It can be used by intermediate players to learn to play in additional keys.

◆ It can be used by experienced instrumentalists learning another instrument.

◆ It can be used by persons of any age who played in the past but need a refresher course to play again.

The songs in this book are “public domain” which means the copyright on them has expired, so they can be used and copied without any permission or payment needed. This book can also be copied as desired without any permission or payment. Some of the songs are “hymn tunes” and we have listed them by the “tune name” rather than by the first line of the lyrics usually sung to those tunes, as the lyrics vary from one organization to another. Other songs are folk songs, mostly from the nineteenth century or by nineteenth century or earlier composers.

The songs are arranged in an order that gives an orderly progression of skill development. For the drum book the basic drum rudiments are included for slow practice.

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1 These are whole notes. We give them four beats.

Unison Songs for BandsLearn each song before going on to the next one. If you can play it correctly five times in a row you have learned it.

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4 These are half notes. We give them two beats.

5 These are quarter notes. We give them one beat.

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7 "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

8 "Go Tell Aunt Rhodie"

9 "Upidee" or "Some Folks Do"

10 "Lightly Row"

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11 "Jingle Bells"

12 Now Let's learn three new notes.

13 "O Come All Ye Faithful" or "Adeste Fidelis"

14 "Yankee Doodle"

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15 the tune called "Hamburg", named after a city in Germany

16 Here's something new. A curved line between two notes is called a "tie." This means that we play the two notes just like one note that gets 8 beats.

17 "The Little Brown Jug"

18 "Old MacDonald Had A Farm"

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19 "Coming 'round the mountain"

20 Three new notes.

21 "London Bridge" (where is it now?)

22 a tune called "Nicea" named after a town in Europe.

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23 "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" or the "Alphabet Song"

24 "Gone Are The Days" --a song by Stephen Foster

25 a tune called "Bread of Life" written in 1877 by William Sherman

26 a tune called "Eventide" written in 1861 by William Monk

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27 "Long Long Ago" an English Folk Song witten in 1833 by Thomas Bailey

28 A new note-- Dotted half--- gets 3 beats. "Way Down Upon the Swanee River" by Steven Foster

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28 "Good Night Ladies"

29 "Oh Susanna" a song by Steven Foster

30 "Crusaders' Hymn" Silesian Folk Song

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31 the tune "Duke Street" attributed to John Hatton, 1793

32 "Reuben and Rachael" comic duet written in 1871 by William Gooch, with words by Harry Birch

33 "Jesus Loves Me" written in 1862 by William Bradbury

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34 RESTS A whole rest gets 4 beats and hangs under the next to top line of the staff. Count 1 2 3 4 in your mind and have your instrument silent during the rest.

35 A half rest gets 2 beats. A half rest sits on the middle line of the staff while a whole rest hangs under the next to top line.

36 A quarter rest gets 1 beat. You keep your instrument silent during the rest. A quarter rest lasts as long as a quarter note lasts.

37 When you get to the rest, try saying the "count number" out loud without missing the next note.

38 Here's a "brain twister." Can you play it perfectly 5 times in a row? Can you do it 5 times without saying the numbers out loud?

39 Now let's mix up half rests and quarter rests. Say the beat numbers out loud during the rests. Talk around the mouthpiece.

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40 When we have a two-beat rest that comes on counts 4 and 1, we write two quarter rests. 2 x 1/4 = 1/2 !

41 Now let's see what happens when we mix everything up and put rests on different beats in different measures. Remember-- 5 times !

42 Now let's do all of them.... quarter rests, whole rests, half rests. 5 times saying the rest numbers out loud and then 5 times without talking

43 Now for the expert level. Remember--- right 5 times in a row saying the rest numbers out loud and then right 5 times without talking.

44 If you played #43 correctly 5 times in a row, you should be able to play #44 perfectly the first time. See if you can.

45 This one has a pattern. Can you find the pattern? See where the half rests are in the measure and where the quarter rests are.

46 When you have finished this one--- 5 times right in a row-- you are a real expert on rests!

47 Now four new notes and a new kind of time. 3/4 time has three beats in a measure. Play this line 3 times every day for 2 weeks.

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48 "Daisy Bell"

49 "Pop Goes The Weasel"

50 "Sidewalks of New York"

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51 "Faith of Our Fathers" by James G. Walton, 1864,which was sung at President Franklin Roosevelt's Funeral at the White House

Chorus

52 "Sun of My Soul"

53 "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" The symbol over two notes below is called a fermata or pause. We hold it longer than usual.

54 Another new note and a new key signature. The key signature tells you which 8 notes out of the 12 possible will be used.

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55 "Old Hundredth" or "Doxology" This starts with an incomplete measure at the beginning called a "pickup note."

Usually hold the fermata long enough to make the next note seem right. 3 beats works best here. Last bar is also incomplete.

56 A tune called "Dennis" arranged by Lowell Mason in 1845, with the words "Blest Be The Tie That Binds"

56.5 "The Farmer In the Dell" a folk song

57 "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" Can you find all "pickup notes"? + Pickups can "lead you on" to the next part of the song.

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58 "Oh The Bear Went Over the Mountain" There are two pickups. DC means back to the beginning. Fine (fee-nay) means the end.

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D.C. al Fine

59 "Away In A Manger"

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60 "Home, Sweet Home" DS means go back to the sign which is the S with a slash and two dots. Fine- fee-nay -- the end.

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Fine Chorus Watch for the tie!

D.S. al Fine

61 New note and new scale

62 "Soft, Soft Music Is Stealing" German Folk tune arranged by Benjamin White, 1850

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63 "Oh Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone?" by James Bland, 1864

64 Four new things repeat repeat back to here first ending second ending.

65 "O Light of Life" by Herbert Oakley, 1874

66 "Are You Sleeping" or Frere Jacques, French folk song from the 1600's

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67 "White Coral Bells" traditional song, composer unknown. What other way could this have been written down?

68 "Rock-a-bye Baby" first published in "Mother Goose's Melody" in 1765

69 "Go In and Out the Windows" traditional game son. Give each pickup note + a slight emphasis so the song "flows."

70 "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" You can divide into groups and play as a round. That's why some notes have marks over them.

71 Another new note, another new key, another key signature.

72 Another new scale. Now we will be able to play in another key.

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73 "Three Blind Mice. D.C. means go back to beginning. Fine (fee-nay) means "end" so stop there the second time through. Fine

D.C. al Fine74 "Skater's Waltz" written by Emile Waldteufel in 1883. Be sure to use the notes in this new key.

75 "The Man On The Flying Trapeze" Skip to the Coda at the circle with the plus in it the second time through.

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76 "Lovely Evening" The phrases are 6 measures long. You can play as a round. The groups start with the marked notes.

77 "Billy Boy" 19th Century English Folk Song

78 "The Cukoo" English Folk Song It starts with a "short-long" rhythm and then has a "long short" rhythm.

79 Another new note and another scale.

80 Using the new note and a new scale.

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81 Using the new note a little faster.

82 "See Saw Margery Daw" A 1700's folk tune from England.

83 "The Mulberry Bush"

84 The scale song.

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85 "Chopsticks" a waltz written by Euphemia Allen in 1877

86 Another new note and another new key.

87 Another new scale

88 Practicing the notes in this new scale.

89 a tune called "Franconia" written by J. B. König in 1738

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90 a tune called "Maryton" written by English composer H. Percy Smith in 1874

91 a tune called "Belmont" written by Mozart

91 a tune called "Olive's Brow" written by William Bradbury in 1853

92 "Duke Street"

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93 "Marines' Hymn

94 " At Perrot's Door" 2/4 time has only two beats in a measure

95 "To Paree"

96 "Russian Folk Song"

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97 a tune called "Evan" written by William Havergal, 1846

98 a tune called "Dundee", composer unknown. Hold the fermata 3 beats so it sounds like the next note comes at the right time.

When a sharp, flat, or natural sign appears in front of a note it is called an "accidental. It applies to the end of that one measure.

99 "German Folk Song"

100 "German Folk Song #2"

101 "Moravian Folk Tune"

102 "Mexican Folk Tune

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103 Another new note. It is affected by the last flat in the key signature.

104 Another new scale. Now you can play in another key!

105 "Good King Wenceslas" a story song about the duke of Bohemia who lived from 907 to 935 A.D.

106 "Bobby Shafto" Look for a new note.

107 "Polly Put the Kettle On"

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108 "St. Paul's Steeple" English "nonsense" folk song from the 1600's

109 "The Bridge of Avignon"

Fine D.C. al Fine

110 "Home"

111 "Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?"

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112 New note

113 New Scale

114 "Integer Vitae" a school song of Harvard University, based on a poem by the Greek poet Horace.

115 "We Thank Thee, Lord" blessing song before meals.

116 "The Merry Widow Waltz" by Johann Strauss

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117 a tune called "St. Agnes"

118 "Tread Softly"

119 a tune called "Aletta" by William Bradbury, 1858

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